E299: Why Institutional LPs Are Moving Into Lower Middle Market PE

What does it mean to be a true partner to lower middle market businesses? David Weisburd speaks with Peter Elliot Rothschild about building RF Investment Partners around listening first, designing bespoke capital solutions, and investing as the first institutional capital in family-owned companies. Peter discusses minority versus control investing, the role of trust and relationships, and why value creation in the lower middle market is driven less by financial engineering and more by people, incentives, and execution.